Recent content by Pchris11

Hey everyone dont know if anyone cares or not but i waited the suggested 28 days satcrete suggests to allow the concrete to cure to 5000psi and lifted my wifes car again and had almost no flex what so ever. So needless to say it was a smart move to repour the footing. It was a $700 mistake...

So it bothered me once someone posted that the purpose of footing is to keep the lift down opposed to conventional footing keeping something up, and someone else said hes having his sons start to learn how to work on cars. Since im going to have friends use the lift and god forbid i have my wife...

Before i dismantle, cut out and redo the footings what do you guys think of the extension bar that would also connect the base plate to the existing slab?

-The 2.5 foot square was on a whim -I have seen to many pictures and heard to many horror stories about putting lifts on 4" slabs When lifting the car there is no movement in the actual base, and there are no cracks in the concrete. If lifted the car multiple times and had the car sit on the...

Thanks for the responses guys, the footing is not connected to the old concrete and now that you guys mention it i feel stupid for not doing that. I didnt want to use the existing slab because its only 4" thick and i know commercial shops need a min. Of 6" slabs by code (well atleast here in new...

Hi all im new here but have seen there are a decent amount of intelligent people on these forums so i have come here for help. I just installed an atlas bp8000 2 post lift in my garage. I cut 2 2.5 foot squares in my slab and poured 12" footings of 5000psi concrete and let sit for a month. I...